2 Tiền - Bao Dai

Bảo Đại's empire was a French-administered fiction for most of its existence, and the coinage reflects that ambiguity precisely. These pieces were struck under the Protectorate of Annam, with French colonial authorities retaining effective control over monetary policy throughout the reign. The 2 Tiền denomination in silver circulated alongside French Indochinese piastres in a monetary environment where indigenous imperial coinage occupied a ceremonial as much as a commercial role.

The X# prefix in the reference points to its classification as a non-circulating or pattern-adjacent type in some catalogs — a distinction that remains debated among specialists of Southeast Asian issues.